Tagged ‘Storm Water Management’
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Report: Green the City, Deal With the Stormwater
In 2012, the world experienced the second-highest number of extreme weather events in more than a century. (Remember Frankenstorm Sandy?) Today, an innovative new collaborative offers fresh insight into how cities can adapt to a changing climate.
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Saving the Urban Canopy
U.S. cities are losing around 4 million trees each year, but increasingly local governments are imposing soil minimums to help stem the tide. Here’s a look at four such policies.
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The Absorbent City
In Sandy’s wake, Eastern cities are wondering what to do to avoid a similar disaster. Philadelphia’s innovative green infrastructure projects may provide a useful model.
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Urban Trees: Let’s Grow Old Together
Mature urban trees are known to reduce crime, improve air quality and save energy. Many local policies focus on the number of trees that get planted, rather than the quality. But that’s not the case everywhere, and explains why places like Dublin, Ohio will have a healthy urban forest for years to come.
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The Landscape Tells a Story: Philadelphia’s Cynwyd Trail
Johanna Hoffman glimpses Philadelphia’s long and rich history as she tours the disused Cynwyd Trail, a former industrial corridor slated to soon become a two-mile recreational trail.
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